If you would like to read this Newsletter in English, please click here Y Diweddaraf 02 Tachwedd 2009/The Latest 02 Tachwedd 2009 Tel 029 2022 6257  Email info@ccwales.org.uk Cylchlythyrau Digwyddiadau Pwyllgorau'r Cynulliad Newyddion o'r DU O'r Wasg Ymgynghoriadau Nôl i’r brig Cylchlythyrau DYSG http://www.arsyllfadysgu.com/newyddion/cylchlythyr-dysg-dydd-llun-5-hydref-rhifyn-175/ SCIE http://www.scie.org.uk/index.asp NLIAH http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/829/page/41548 Nôl i’r brig Digwyddiadau Datblygu Mesur Iechyd Meddwl   18/11/09 Community Care yn Fyw!, Business Design Centre, Islington, Llundain 30/11-1/12/09 Datganoli a dargyfeiredd, iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn y DU 21/01/10 New Types of Working in Health and Social Care http://www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk/files/sfcad/New%20Types%20of%20Working%20Flyer%20V8.pdf Digwyddiad Rhannu Ymarfer Da - defnyddwyr Gwasanaethau a Chynhalwyr (Plant) 26 Tachwedd 2009, Gwesty’r Metropole, Llandrindod Bydd y digwyddiad hwn, y cyntaf mewn cyfres o bedwar, yn arddangos gwaith enillwyr y Gwobrau ac yn gyfle i chi ddysgu mwy am sut cafodd prosiectau llwyddiannus eu creu a’u rhoi ar waith. http://www.ccwales.org.uk/news-and-events/events/11478 Nôl i’r brig Pwyllgorau'r Cynulliad Y Pwyllgor Plant a Phobl Ifanc Dydd Mawrth 10 Tachwedd Dydd Mawrth 24 Tachwedd Dydd Mawrth 8 Rhagfyr Y Pwyllgor Menter a Dysgu Dydd Mercher, 4 Tachwedd 2009 Dydd Mercher, 11 Tachwedd 2009 Dydd Mercher, 18 Tachwedd 2009 Dydd Mercher, 25 Tachwedd 2009 Dydd Mercher, 2 Rhagfyr 2009 Dydd Mercher, 9 Rhagfyr 2009 Y Pwyllgor Iechyd, Lles a Llywodraeth Leol 4 Tachwedd 2009 Nôl i’r brig Newyddion o'r DU Biwrocratiaeth yn ein hatal rhag helpu plant, meddai gweithwyr cymdeithasolDywedodd gwetihwyr cymdeithasol dig wrth Ed Balls ddoe nad oedden nhw’n gallu ymweld â phlant hyglwyf achos eu bod yn teulio gormod o’u hamser ar waith papur i fodloni mentrau’r llywodraeth ac i gynnal ymwchiliadau ‘aneffeithlon’. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6887514.ece  Ymatebion i ffrae Hilton Dawson/Ed BallsRhoddodd gwesteion i Gynhadledd Genedlaethol Gwasanaethau Plant ac Oedolion eu hymateb i’r ffrae cyhoeddus heddiw rhwng yr Ysgrifennyd Plant Ed Balls a Phrif Weithredwr BASW, Hilton Dawson, am fiwrocratiaeth a chadw cofnodion.http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/23/112965/ed-ballshilton-dawson-spat-the-sector-responds.html Peidiwch â rhoi’r bai ar fiwrocratiaeth, meddai Ed Balls wrth weithwyr cymdeithasol Mae gweithwyr cymdeithasol ar y trywydd anghywir pan maen nhw’n rhoi’r bai am ddiffygion diogelu plant ar ormod o fiwrocratiaeth, dywedodd Ysgrifenydd Plant Ed Balls ddoe.http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/23/112960/ed-balls-and-hilton-dawson-lock-horns-at-national-conference.html Gellir newid deddfwriaeth i adael i Cafcass gael hyblygrwyddMae’r Adran Plant, Ysgolion a Theuluoedd (DCSF) wedi cyfadded bod gweinidogion yn ystyried newid y gyfraith yng nghylch swyddogaeth gwarchweidaid penodedig i gynrychioli plant yn y llys. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/27/112987/ministers-moot-changes-to-named-guardians-law.html Preswylydd Baby P yn ennill apêl ei ddedfrydMae un o’r tri tu ôl barau am farwolaeth Baby P wedi ennill apêl yn erbyn gorchymyn bod rhaid iddo dreulio dedfryd carchar benagored. http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/uk-world-news/2009/10/27/baby-p-lodger-wins-sentence-appeal-51352-25028211/ Nôl i’r brig O'r Wasg Comisiynydd Plant yn galw am ddiogelu gwell Mae Comisiynydd Plant Cymru wedi cefnogi galwadau am gynghorau a byrddau iechyd i wella eu trefniadau am ddiogelu plant http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Health/login/947565/ Lansio pecyn dysgu arloesol i blant prin eu golwg Lansiodd y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, Gwenda Thomas, becyn dysgu arloesol i helpu plant prin eu golwg i wneud y gorau o’r golwg sydd ganddynt. http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/latest/091022teachingpack/?skip=1&lang=cy Bywyd gwell i deuluoedd Mae menter oedd wedi’i harloesi yn niwylliant y Maori yn Seland Newydd, bellach yn helpu cadw teuluoedd gyda’i gilydd ym Mlaenau Gwent http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/blaenau-gwent/2009/10/22/a-better-life-for-families-91466-24972040/ Portreadu gweithwyr cymdeithasol ar deledu Mae achosion go iawn gwaith cymdeithasol ar eu clustiau gyda drama, felly mae eu habsenoldeb oddi wrth ein teledu yn peri dryswch. Ond mae portreadau diweddar yn awgrymu bod cynhyrchwyr yn deffro i’r potensial. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/26/112970/portrayal-of-social-workers-on-tv.html Newid anghygoel i wasanaethau cymdeithasol Mae gwelliannau i adran gwasanaethau cymdeithasol Blaenau Gwent dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf wedi’i glodfori’n “anghygoel”. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/4702891._Amazing_change_for_social_services/ Cynhadledd fideo arloesol i helpu gofalwyr i rannu sylwadau Trwy ddefnyddio technoleg newydd, daeth tua 60 o ofalwyr o bob rhan o Bowys at ei gilydd mewn saith o leoedd gwahanol yn y sir i drin a thrafod eu problemau. http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/latest/091022carers/?skip=1&lang=cy 14,000 pobl yn talu am ofal yn y gymuned Mae 14,000 o bobl yng Nghymru sy’n talu am ofal yn y gymuned ar hyn o bryd. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2009/10/26/14-000-people-paying-for-community-care-91466-25011818/ Y Gweinidog Iechyd yn lansio prosiect newydd i helpu pobl hŷn Wnaeth Edwina Hart yn lansio prosiect peilot arloesol a fydd yn helpu pobl hŷn sydd wedi’u derbyn i’r ysbyty i ddychwelyd adref cyn gynted ag y bônt yn ddigon da i wneud hynny. http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/olderpeople/news/frailtyfasttrackproject/?skip=1&lang=cy Gallai gofal iechyd meddyliol gwell ‘efallai fod wedi atal’ marwolaeth drywanu Gallai marwolaeth dyn a drywanwyd gan glaf iechyd meddwl wedi ei hatal petae ei ofal wedi bod yn well, yn ôl adroddiad heddiw http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/10/29/better-mental-health-care-may-have-prevented-stab-death-91466-25047169/ Mae gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yn gwerthfawrogi cyfryngau adeiladol Mae Stuart Greenwell o ADSS yn lleisio ei farn mewn llythyr i’r Western Mail http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/letters-to-the-editor/western-mail-letters/2009/10/29/thursday-29-october-2009-91466-25042614 Nôl i’r brig Ymgynghoriadau Ymgynghoriad ar gynigion i gyflwyno ffioedd rheoleiddio ar gyfer y sector gofal iechyd annibynnol yng Nghymru http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/fees/?lang=en Ymgynghoriad ar ganllaw drafft i “Byw yn y Gymuned: Cefnogaeth a Llety i Oedolion ag Anabledd Dysgu” http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/living/?lang=en Ymgynghoriad ar Fecanweithiau Adolygu Annibynnol ar gyfer Maethu a Mabwysiadu a Diwygiadau i Reoliadau Gwasanaethau Maethu (Cymru) 2003 http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/childrenandyoungpeople/irmfosteringadoption/?lang=en Nôl i’r brig   Diolch am eich diddordeb parhaus yng Nghyngor Gofal Cymru. Os na hoffech dderbyn ein e-gylchlythyr, ysgrifennwch at info@ccwales.org.uk a teipiwch ‘dim e-gylchlythyr diolch’ yn llinell pwnc yr ebost. ©2008 Cyngor Gofal Cymru       Y Diweddaraf 02 Tachwedd 2009/The Latest 02 Tachwedd 2009 Tel 029 2022 6257  Email info@ccwales.org.uk Newsletter Events Assembly Committees UK News From the Press Consultations Back to Top Newsletter DYSG http://www.arsyllfadysgu.com/newyddion/cylchlythyr-dysg-dydd-llun-5-hydref-rhifyn-175/ SCIE http://www.scie.org.uk/index.asp NLIAH http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/829/page/41548 Back to Top Events Developing a Mental Health Measure 18/11/09 Learning Disability Wales Annual Conference “Feel Good, Stay Well”, Newport, South Wales 18/11/09 Community Care Live, Business Design Centre, Islington, London 30/11-1/12/09 Devolution and Divergence, Health and Social Care in the UK, Cardiff University 21/01/10 New Types of Working in Health and Social Care http://www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk/files/sfcad/New%20Types%20of%20Working%20Flyer%20V8.pdf  Best Practice Sharing Event - Service Users & Carers (Children) Noverber 26th 2009 Metropole Hotel Llandrindod WellsShowcasing the work of Accolades winners, this event is the first of a series of four, offering you the chance to learn more about how successful projects were conceived and put into practice. http://www.ccwales.org.uk/news-and-events/events/11478?diablo.lang=eng Back to Top Assembly Committees Children and Young People Committee   Tuesday 10 November Tuesday 24 November Tuesday 8 December Enterprise and Learning Committee Wednesday, 4 November 2009 Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Wednesday, 18 November 2009 Wednesday, 25 November 2009 Wednesday, 2 December 2009 Wednesday, 9 December 2009 Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee 4 November 2009 Back to Top UK News Bureaucracy stops us helping children, say social workers Angry social workers told Ed Balls yesterday that they were unable to visit vulnerable children because so much of their time was spent on paperwork to satisfy government initiatives and to prop up “ineffective” inspections. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6887514.ece Reactions to Hilton Dawson/Ed Balls spat Delegates at the National Children and Adult Services conference give their reaction to the public spat earlier today between children's secretary Ed Balls and British Association of Social Workers chief executive Hilton Dawon over bureaucracy and record keeping. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/23/112965/ed-ballshilton-dawson-spat-the-sector-responds.html Ed Balls tells social workers not to blame bureaucracy for failings Social workers are “barking up the wrong tree” when they blame child protection failures on too much bureaucracy, children’s secretary Ed Balls said today. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/23/112960/ed-balls-and-hilton-dawson-lock-horns-at-national-conference.htmlLegislation would be changed to allow Cafcass flexibility The Department for Children, Schools and families (DCSF) has admitted ministers are considering changing the law around the role of named guardians to represent children in court http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/27/112987/ministers-moot-changes-to-named-guardians-law.html Baby P lodger wins sentence appeal One of the trio behind bars over the death of Baby P has won an appeal against an order that he must serve an indefinite prison sentence. http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/uk-world-news/2009/10/27/baby-p-lodger-wins-sentence-appeal-51352-25028211/ Back to Top From the Press Children's commissioner calls for improved safeguarding The children's commissioner for Wales has backed calls for councils and health boards to improve their safeguarding children arrangements. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Health/login/947565/ Innovative new teaching pack for children with low vision An innovative teaching pack to help partially sighted children make the most of their sight has been launched by Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services. http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/latest/091022teachingpack/?lang=en A better life for families An initiative first piloted in the Maori culture of New Zealand is helping to keep families together in Blaenau Gwent. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/blaenau-gwent/2009/10/22/a-better-life-for-families-91466-24972040/ Bywyd gwell i deuluoedd Mae menter oedd wedi’i harloesi yn niwylliant y Maori yn Seland Newydd, bellach yn helpu cadw teuluoedd gyda’i gilydd ym Mlaenau Gwent http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/blaenau-gwent/2009/10/22/a-better-life-for-families-91466-24972040/ Portrayal of social workers on TV Real-life social work cases are packed with drama, so their absence from TV is puzzling. But recent portrayals suggest producers are waking up to their potential. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/26/112970/portrayal-of-social-workers-on-tv.html 'Amazing change for social services' Improvements in Blaenau Gwent's social services department over the past five years were heralded as "amazing." http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/4702891._Amazing_change_for_social_services/ Pioneering videoconference helps carers to share their views Around 60 carers from across Powys gathered at seven different locations throughout the county to share and discuss the issues that affect them by the use of new technology. http://new.wales.gov.uk/news/latest/091022carers/?lang=en 14,000 people paying for community care THERE are 14,000 people in Wales who currently pay for community care services. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2009/10/26/14-000-people-paying-for-community-care-91466-25011818/ Health Minister launches new project to help older people Edwina Hart has launched an innovative pilot project to support older people return home from hospital as soon as they are well enough to do so. http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/olderpeople/news/frailtyfasttrackproject/?lang=en Better mental health care 'may have prevented' stab death The death of a man stabbed by a mental health patient could have been averted if his care had been better, a report said today. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/10/29/better-mental-health-care-may-have-prevented-stab-death-91466-25047169/ Social services value a constructive media Stuart Greenwell of ADSS voices his opinions in a letter to the Western Mail. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/letters-to-the-editor/western-mail-letters/2009/10/29/thursday-29-october-2009-91466-25042614/ Back to Top Consultations Consultation on the Fulfilled Lives Supportive Communities Commissioning Framework and Guidance http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/fulfilledlives/?lang=en Consultation on the proposals to introduce regulatory fees for the independent healthcare sector in Wales http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/fees/?lang=en Consultation on draft guidance on ‘Community Living : Support and Accommodation for Adults with a Learning Disability’ http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/living/?lang=en Consultation on Independent Review Mechanisms for Fostering and Adoption, and Amendments to Fostering Services (Wales) Regs 2003 http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/childrenandyoungpeople/irmfosteringadoption/?lang=en Back to Top   Thank you for your continued interest in Care Council for Wales. 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